FILE PHOTO: Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu speaks during a news conference in Ankara, Turkey April 16, 2017. REUTERS/stringer
ANKARA (Reuters) - A Turkish court declined to hear an appeal by the main opposition party challenging the acceptance of unstamped ballots in the referendum to expand President Tayyip Erdogan's powers, state-run Anadolu news agency said on Tuesday.
The council of state, Turkey's high judicial body handling complaints and appeals against state and public institutions, said it had no jurisdiction in the case, Anadolu reported. The decision was taken on a majority of votes, it said.
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